spies – Dutch noun declension

Noun: spies
Gender: Feminine Hyphenation:

Sg.	spies
Pl.	spiesen

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like spies

motiveering, Duitse herdershond, urilift, vervolmaking, elektrische spanning, ovenfriet, winteravond, weervrouw, besteding, bloemenveiling, vertakking, tintinofiel, synaps, olieraffinaderij, vliegtuigkaping, sawaslang, verzetting, afrondfout, druivenoogst, wintermaand, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch spiesse, borrowed from Middle High German spiez, from Old High German spioz, from Proto-West Germanic *speut (“spear”). Cognate to spit and spiet.

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